[estimator7292]

....now?

Friend, it has always been this way. Malware in ads is literally the primary reason we created adblockers in the dark mists of time.

Flash was killed off because a majority of ads became cancerous Flash abominations executing all kinds of malicious code.

[Iolaum]

I stand corrected. Had heard the term malvertising but didn't happen to read such a concrete example like the one I shared. But from what you said I m sure many exist.